Noah Kim

Noah Kim, 17, is a student at Vernon Hills High School near Chicago and studies piano as a Scholarship Fellow at the Music Institute of Chicago's Academy with Artist-in-Residence Marta Aznavoorian. Noah is appearing Osaka Busan as a Young Pianists Abroad Scholar, a scholarship created in collaboration between Chicago Sister Cities International and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (“CSO”). As a Scholar, Noah has performed in Paris, France, Hamburg, Germany and, most recently, in Busan, South Korea. In 2023, Noah was honored as a National YoungArts Winner. In addition, he was the first-prize winner and Young Jury Award winner of the Arthur Fraser International Piano Competition. Noah has soloed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago and the Oistrakh Symphony of Chicago. He will make his debut with the South Carolina Philharmonic in the 2024/2025 concert season. Noah was also the first-prize winner of the 2022 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition. Noah was a two-time winner of the DePaul Concerto Festival and Sejong Music Competition as well. Noah won first-prize in many other competitions.